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Ongo for iPad is a good start, but it’s far from a home run

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We told you yesterday that Ongo was on the way to the iPad. It's now on the App Store, and I've had some time to play with it. Ongo is a joint venture by several newspaper companies to create a paid, ad-free news aggregator that is easy to use and will appeal to the news junkie.

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Hair clip on hair

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Hair clip on hair from Humans Since 1982...(Read...)

Apple loses to ZTE in Global phone rankings for Q4 2010

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Apple has been pushed from its number four spot in the top worldwide mobile phone market, with ZTE entering the top five ranking and pushing the iPhone maker down to fifth place.

Silhouetter Turns Your Photos into iPod Ads

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Oddly, the Silhouetter app for the iPad and iPhone doesn’t mention its “inspiration” anywhere in its description. But then, it doesn’t really need to, so obvious is the “homage” to the iconic iPod ads.

Android 3.0 Nears Release

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Can you smell it in the air? It smells like a Honeycomb cooking, otherwise known as Android 3.0, which Google's trying to bake to perfection for the tablet space.

Michael diTullo for Glass House Conversations

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Michael diTullo, Core77 friend and contributor, has been hosting this week's Glass House Conversations, an extension of the salons and public conversations that were hosted at the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. diTullo posed the below provocation for consideration on Monday.

NEC And Lenovo Form Joint Venture To Create Japan’s Largest PC Company

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Big shake-up in the PC industry: Yesterday, Japan’s biggest PC maker NEC and Lenovo announced a plan to form a joint venture to create Japan’s largest “PC group”.

Internet Explorer 9 release candidate due February 10

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Microsoft is expected to unveil the Release Candidate for Internet Explorer 9 at a press launch scheduled for February 10, according to invites. The original date was expected to be today, January 28, but this has moved for unknown reasons.

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Panasonic GF2 starts reaching retail stores

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Panasonic on Friday began shipping the Lumix GF2 to retail stores. The extra-compact Micro Four Thirds camera should be on store shelves now, although it hasn't said to what extent this includes the US.

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Rock Band Adds London Calling

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The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in. Meltdown's expected, the wheat is growing thin. Engines stop running, but don't worry, the Clash's epic third album is coming to Rock Band 3. London Calling will be available as a download for the popular music series beginning February 1st.

Steve Jobs Gets Autotuned

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It was bound to happen, right? Sure, we won't be seeing the real Steve Jobs until he returns from his latest medical leave, but that doesn't mean that we can't reflect on some of his greatest moments via the magic of Autotune, right?Video of Jobs's iPhone announcement in all of its Autotune glory,...

Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000 Adds Gesture Control to iPod/iPhone in Vehicles

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Monster has been around for a long time and is one of those companies that takes a lot of heat for some of its products. Monster Cables are really expensive and most consider them to be no better than plain cables you get at the local discount store.

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The French gain a 3D iPad Newstand

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We've heard much talk of a virtual NewsStand for the iPad, but have yet to see one, until now. It seems, the French are the first to get a selection of magazines available on the iPad all from one app -- in virtual 3D, no less.

Kindle eBooks Outsell Paperback Books

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It appears that Amazon has managed to do what many thought would take a lot longer. The company announced on its quarterly call that since the beginning of the year for every 100 paperback books sold at Amazon, there have been 115 Kindle eBooks sold.Last year, hard cover books were also kicked out...

PlayBook production just 200K a month, under tight guard

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RIM may make just 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets a month, part makers said Friday. Production has reportedly already started at Quanta but has reached a range of between 150,000 and 200,000 a month.

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NBC Drops Peacock From Corporate Logo

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There are often a few casualities of sorts during times of corporate change--takeovers, mergers and the like. Some parties just don't make it out of the proceedings unscathed. NBC's purchase by Comcast is no different. The company is losing a bird--and Universal is losing the world.

Microsoft pushing for 16-core Atom CPUs

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Microsoft is reportedly pestering Intel for a 16-core version of its Atom processor, which would provide a low-power alternative to mainstream chips for use in data servers.

Awesome Hublot La Cle Du Temps watch debuts

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I am not a watch wearer, I have said that many times. I do like to look at some of these awesome watch designs like the Hublot La Cle Du Temps “key of time” watch here. This thing is so cool it hurts. If Darth Vader had an awesome watch, this would be it.

Daily Crunch: Leisurely Stroll Edition

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17x17x17 Puzzle Cube Makes Rubik’s Look Like Child’s PlayMommy Mittens: You Know, For MommiesAn Ode To The Graphic AdventureVideo: The Automatic Necktie-Knotting Kinetic SculpturePhotographers: You’re Now Officially Free To Shoot In Public Places And Outside Federal...

Dual Core Samsung Galaxy S 2 Confirmed

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Samsung has confirmed that two new Galaxy S class devices will be launching at MWC 2011 next month.The first is the Samsung Galaxy S 2 smartphone and the other is the next generation Samsung Galaxy Tab.

AMD Releases v2.3 Of The Fusion APU SDK

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It's still January, and AMD is still focused on Fusion. There's no question that the APU is a huge step forward for the company, and in the never-ending battle with Intel, this kind of leap could be just what the doctor ordered.

Japan’s 1960 “Good Design Award” initiative has paid off in Masatoshi Sakaegi

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The Japan Times has got a nice profile up on designer Masatoshi Sakaegi that delves not only into his "origin story," to borrow a phrase from the superhero world, but also provides little-known footnotes about Japan's industrial design history.

Toshiba Goes Retro, Uses Color Shifting Paint Like It’s 1999

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Your next Toshiba Dynabook — that is if you buy Toshiba Dynabook — might just stand out from the rest. The details are light, but JapanToday states that one of Toshiba’s latest models employs a polyester coating that gives it the magic color-shifting.

John Carmack: Sony NGP a ‘generation beyond’ smartphones

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id Software co-founder John Carmack said in the wake of the Sony NGP that the new console was in an entirely different class than smartphones for gaming.

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Apple Sued Over Dropped iPhone

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Remember glassgate? We covered it back in October of last year. It was something of a less successful sequel to the much more widely covered antennaegate. Glassgate, essentially, surrounded the ease with which the glass on the phone cracked.

Doodle Jump makes deal with Universal, gets movie tie-in

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Here's an interesting story out of Macworld this week. Doodle Jump, recently featured as the Top Paid App of all time, is going to Hollywood, but not quite in the way you might think.

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